As An ENFP, Career Satisfaction Means Doing Work That:: Strengths Weaknesses

ENFP
As an ENFP, career satisfaction means doing work that:

1.
Lets me work with a diverse group of people on a variety of projects, motivated by creative inspiration
2.
Lets me create new ideas, products, services, or solutions to problems that will help other people and then see my projects
become reality
3.
Is fun, challenging, and always varied
4.
Rarely requires me to handle the follow-through, routine details, or maintenance of a system or project
5.
Lets me work at my own pace and schedule, with a minimum of rules or structure and the freedom to act spontaneously
6.
Lets me meet new people, learn new skills, and continually satisfy my curiosity
7.
Is consistent with my personal beliefs and values and lets me create opportunities that benet others
8.
Is done in a friendly and relaxed environment with humor, goodwill, and a minimum of interpersonal conict
9.
Allows me the freedom to follow my inspirations and participate in exciting and intriguing adventures
10. Is done in an environment that appreciates and rewards enthusiasm, ingenuity, and imagination
STRENGTHS
Innovative thinkers, good problem solvers
Can combine their talents with interests and abilities of
others
Can nd success in whatever interests them
Good at putting the right people into the right positions/
tasks
Motivate others with infectious enthusiasm and energy
WEAKNESSES
May not be well organized or good at setting priorities
Have trouble following through on details of a project
May become bored and easily sidetracked
Dont usually enjoy anything repetitive or routine
Usually less effective working alone
Popular Occupations for ENFPs

CREATIVE
Journalist
Screenwriter/playwright
Columnist
Character actor
Musician/composer
Newscaster
Interior decorator
Cartoonist
Artist
Reporter/editor
TECHNOLOGY-BASED
Desktop publisher
Web site editor/art director
Multimedia creative director
Educational software developer
Multimedia producer
ENTREPRENEURIAL/BUSINESS
Consultant
Inventor
Sales: intangible/ideas
Human resources manager
Conference planner
Employment development specialist
Restaurateur
Human resources development trainer
Employee assistance counselor
MARKETING/PLANNING
Public relations specialist
Marketing consultant
Copy writer/publicity writer
Advertising account executive
Advertising/creative director
Strategic planner
Publicist
Research assistant
SOCIAL SERVICE/EDUCATION
Social worker
Social scientist
Housing director
Psychologist
Career counselor
Rehabilitation worker
Clergy
Pastoral counselor
Ombudsman
Speech pathologist
Preschool teacher
Special education teacher
Teacher: art/drama/music/ English
Adapted from: Do What You Are (third ed.), copyright 2001 by Paul D. Tieger and Barbara Barron-Tieger. Copies of the book are available in the Career Services Library. For more information on career discovery,
contact Penn State Alumni Career Services at 814-865-LINK.
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People with ENFP preferences are enthusiastic innovators, always seeking new possibilities and new ways of doing things. They
have a lot of imagination and initiative for starting projects, and a lot of impulsive energy for carrying them out. They are
stimulated by difculties and are most ingenious in solving them. ENFPs can get so interested in their newest project that they
have time for little else. Their energy comes from a succession of new enthusiasms and their world is full of possible projects.
Their enthusiasm gets other people interested too. They see so many possible projects that they sometimes have difculty
picking those with the greatest potential. Their feeling can be useful at this point to help select projects by weighing the values
of each. Their feeling judgment can also add depth to the insights supplied by their intuition.
The ENFPs feeling preference shows in a concern for people. They are skillful in handling people and often have remarkable
insight into the possibilities and development of others. They are extremely perceptive about the attitudes of others, aiming to
understand rather than judge people. They are much drawn to counseling, and can be inspired and inspiring teachers, particularly
where they have freedom to innovate. With talent, they can succeed in almost any eld that captures their interest - art, journal
ism, science, advertising, sales, the ministry, or writing, for example.
A difculty for ENFPs is that they hate uninspired routine, and nd it remarkably hard to apply themselves to the sometimes
necessary detail unconnected with any major interest. Worse yet, they may get bored with their own projects as soon as the
main problems have been solved or the initial challenge has been met. They may need to learn to follow through and nish what
they have begun, but are happiest and most effective in jobs that permit one project after another, with somebody else taking
over as soon as the situation is well in hand.
Because ENFPs are always being drawn to the exciting challenges of new possibilities, it is essential that they develop their
feeling judgment. If their judgment is undeveloped, they may commit themselves to ill-chosen projects, fail to nish anything,
and squander their inspirations by not completing their tasks.
Adapted from Consulting Psychologists Press, 1989 ed. For more information on career discovery, contact Penn State Alumni Career Services at 814-865-LINK.
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As an ENFP, career satisfaction means doing work that:

Is fun, challenging, and always varied

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